Archive for August, 2018

Library Additions: Two Horror Reference Works

Thursday, August 2nd, 2018

Two more from the Cold Tonnage 40% off sale:

  • Cooper, James. In Conversation: A Writer’s Perspective: Volume One: Horror. British Fantasy Society, 2009. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. Interviews with various horror writers, including Joe R. Lansdale, Graham Joyce, Ray Garton, etc. Bought for £9 after discount.

  • Hendrix, Grady. Paperbacks From Hell: The twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction. Quirk Books, 2017. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. Oversized illustrated trade paperback popular history of horror paperbacks of the 1970s and 80s, broken up by theme. Lacks key bibliographic information about the books covered, alas. Bought for £10.80 after discount.

  • Library Additions: Four Michael Moorcock Books

    Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

    Four more books from that Cold Tonnage 40% off sale, all Michael Moorcock firsts:

  • Moorcock, Michael. A Cornelius Calendar. Phoenix House, 1993. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Jerry Cornelius omnibus that includes four novels (The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century, The Entropy Tango, Gold Diggers of 1977 (AKA The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle), and The Alchemist’s Question (AKA The Opium General)). First hardback edition of Gold Diggers of 1977/The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle, originally published in tabloid newspaper format (which I also have). Bought for £12 after discount.

  • Moorcock, Michael. Jerusalem Commands. Jonathan Cape, 1992. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Colonel Pyat novel. Bought for £9 after discount.

  • Moorcock, Michael. Moorcock’s Book of Martyrs. Quartet Books, 1976. First edition paperback a original, a Fine copy save for slight page yellowing (endemic to many UK books of this era). Short story collection. No hardback edition. Currey (1979), page 371. Tanelorn Archives, page 25. Bought for £6 after discount.

  • Moorcock, Michael. My Experiences in the Third World War. Savoy Books, 1980. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy save the slight page yellowing. Signed by Moorcock. Short story collection. Bought for £9 after discount.